Viktor often presents himself as a business owner, but it isn't as straightforward as others may think. Yeah he runs a business but it's not something like selling knits on Etsy, it's fraud and money laundering. He doesn't involve those who work at these jobs with his actual work, most of the time they have no idea of what he really does, but he does see them as assets.
Viktor grew up living in Las Vegas under pretty poor conditions so he got his start as a teenager being a con-artist. He also committed computer and internet fraud and forgery, being pretty good at technology for the time. Viktor's own confidence made many of his tricks work, as it would be easier to influence people. He often acted more knowledgeable or even wealthier than he was, he even sometimes impersonated other people. He really only did this for money but found a lot of enjoyment in fooling wealthy tourists because of how easy it was. Being close to various casinos, he often cheated and bilked them many times as well. He would also end up playing and gambling with various wealthy visitors, which he would cheat at too of course. Viktor would always get away with this type of thing, except for that one time he didn't and it ended up with him losing his eye. It was this accident that ended up helping him become what he is today. Turns out these guys did the exact same things Viktor did, albeit in a more organized way. Yeah they were pretty pissed off that some random teenager managed to outsmart them, but they decided to come back to that same casino in order to find him again. Viktor knew they were looking for him, so he managed to hide. They did manage to get to him but what he didn't know was that they didn't want to harm him, they wanted to recruit him. Viktor decided to accept their offer, and he was glad he did. It was a rocky start, they did end up paying for his eye surgery lol, but it ended up being very beneficial for Viktor in the end. He had always been very talented at this sort of thing but never had much direction. Now surrounded by a group of people who specialized in the same work as him, his talents really got to shine and help him even further. It was with this group of people that he managed to start his own business.
Work in progress...
